Originally Posted by
cactusflyer
I'd like to nominate the regional FO I saw sitting in the crew room (presumably on airport reserve) who had his laptop and joystick set up, and was doing a MS Flight Simulator version of one of the routes we do in the real world.
Making it even weirder, I'm pretty sure he was doing this for a "virtual airline", so he was simulating being at work, while he was actually being paid to sit and do nothing at work.
Geeky for sure, but I don’t see it as toolish. He’s away from public view and farting around on on a flight sim while stuck sitting around the airport anyways. I don’t see how it’s really bothering anyone.